Plans call for a headquarters and nuclear research center,aggregating 775,000 sf. A Westinghouse spokesman tells GlobeSt.comthe estimated construction cost is $140 million, and initial planscall for a first, 400,000-sf office building, followed by another375,000-sf building. The company's nuclear power plant businessunit expects to occupy the opening phase of the facility duringfirst-half 2009. Employees from the existing facilities inMonroeville and Churchill will follow with completion of a secondphase by year-end 2010.

The Cranberry Woods selection followed a review of potentiallocations in Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, North and SouthCarolina and Georgia in addition to expansion of its existing535,000-sf Monroeville facility in neighboring Allegheny County. Inlate 2006, Westinghouse narrowed its search to WesternPennsylvania, but continued to contemplate between Monroeville andCranberry.

The final decision, according to a Westinghouse statement,rested primarily on the "flexibility of construction options toaccommodate future growth. Additionally, the Cranberry Woods sitewill be able to better accommodate the parking requirements of anexpanding work force."